Bengal Brigade | |
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Directed by | Laslo Benedek |
Written by | Seton I. Miller Richard Alan Simmons |
Based on | Bengal Tigers by Hall Hunter |
Produced by | Ted Richmond |
Starring | Rock Hudson Arlene Dahl Ursula Thiess |
Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
Edited by | Frank Gross |
Music by | Hans J. Salter |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Bengal Brigade is a 1954 American adventure war film directed by Laslo Benedek and starring Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl and Ursula Thiess.[1][2] The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the 1952 novel Bengal Tigers by Hall Hunter.[3] It was released in Britain as Bengal Rifles.
Set in British India in 1857, at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny. A British officer, Captain Claybourne (Rock Hudson), is cashiered from his regiment over a charge of disobeying orders, but finds that his duty to his men is far from over. He loves his Colonel's daughter (Arlene Dahl) and redeems himself in fighting renegade Sepoys.